Resources

Section 1: Helpful books 

Books for kids  

• The Brain Forest by Sandhya Menon 

• Standing Up for Myself by Evaleen Whelton  

• Konnect Series by Evaleen Whelton  

• Embracing My Neurodivergence by Evaleen Whelton  

• Suzie Spins by Emma Dalmayne  

• The Awesome Autistic Go-to Guide by Yenn Purkis  

• The Secret Life of Rose by Rose Smitten  

• Just Right for You – A story about Autism by Melanie Heyworth 

• Do You Want to Play – Making Friends with an Autistic Kid by Danuel Share-Strom RSW 

• Some Brains – A book celebrating neurodiversity by Nellie Thomas 

• I Am Odd, I Am New by Benjamin Giroux (also a music video) 

• A Day with No Words by Tiffany Hammond  

Books aimed at adults  

• Avoiding Anxiety in Autistic Children by Dr. Luke Beardon 

•  I Will Die On This Hill: Autistic Adults, Autism Parents, and the Children Who Deserve a Better World by Jules Edwards, Meghan Ashburn 

• Low Demand Parenting by Amanda Diekman 

• The PDA Paradox by Harry Thompson  

• Autism in Childhood by Dr. Luke Beardon  

• It’s an Autism Thing I’ll Help You Understand It by Emma Dalmayne  

• Sincerely, Your Autistic Child by Emily Paige Ballou 

• Start Here: a guide for parents of autistic kids by Autistic Self Advocacy Network 

• Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism by Dr. Barry M Prizant 

• NeuroTribes: the Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silberman 

• Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity by Dr. Devon Price 

• Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Understanding Life Experiences from Early Childhood to Old Age by Sarah Hendrickx and Judith Gould 

Non-speaking Autistics  

• Leaders Around Me: Autobiographies of Autistics who Type, Point, and Spell to Communicate by Edlyn Vallejo Peña 

• Typed Words - Loud Voices by Alyssa Hillary  

• Ido in Autismland by Ido Kedar  

• The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higasida (also a film) 

Not Autistic-specific  

• Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn  

• The Explosive Child by Ross Greene 

• Raising Human Beings by Ross Greene 

• Lost At School: Why Our Kids With Behavioral Challenges Are Falling Through The Cracks And How We Can Help Them by Dr. Ross Greene 

• Explaining Humans by Dr Camilla Pang 

• Beyond Behaviors by Mona Delahooke PhD 

• Brain Body Parenting by Mona Delahooke PhD 

  

Section 2: Helpful Websites 

Autistic-led information, support and courses:  

https://autisticadvocacy.org/  

https://neuroclastic.com (excellent neurodiversity resources) 

https://awnnetwork.org/ (Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network)  

https://therapistndc.org (Therapist Neurodiversity Collective) 

https://www.autismlevelup.com/ (includes many helpful free tools) 

https://communicationfirst.org (resources for non-speaking kids)  

https://www.autscape.org (annual event since 2005, free access to materials) https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/autism (excellent multi-week free course) 

https://ausometraining.com (Irish-based)  

https://konfidentkidz.ie (Irish-based)  

https://theautisticadvocate.com (UK-based, superb resources)  

https://infinitediversity.home.blog (Irish-based)  

https://www.neuropride.ie (Neuro Pride Ireland)  

https://prodeste.pl (Polish-based, superb resources in Polish and Ukrainian) 

https://www.adultautism.ie (Irish-based, all ages diagnosis & support)  

https://autisminformedtherapy.com (Irish-based, 18+)  

https://www.horizonstherapy.ie (Irish-based)  

https://franklludwig.com (Irish-based)  

https://www.kristyforbes.com.au (v. good on PDA and parenting)  

  

Section 3: Insightful Videos 

Videos for kids  

• Neurobears https://www.pandasonline.org  

• My Autistic Sparkle YouTube Channel  

Videos for Adults  

• Neuropride Ireland YouTube Channel  

• Purple Ella YouTube Channel  

• Damon Krisebom YouTube Channel  

• Not so typical Kate YouTube Channel  

• AUsome Training YouTube Channel  

• S/pace - Estee Klar https://vimeo.com/363876394  

• Masking & Burnout https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR4n76vLWCs  

• Monotropism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKhfp_ABjcM 

  

Section 4: Social Media 

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Hashtags to follow 

#ActuallyAutistic  

#Neuroaffirming  

#AskingAutistics  

#Autisticrights  

#AutisticSpeaking  

#BanABA  

Accounts worth following on Twitter/X  

@AnnMemmott  

@ausomeireland  

@kieranarose  

@sig_autism  

@NeuroPrideIRL  

@therapist_ndc  

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Facebook Pages to follow  

• NeuroWild 

• Autistic Not Weird 

• Neuroclastic 

• Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network  

• Neuropride Ireland  

• Life Through My Lens  

• Autistic and Living the Dream  

• Supporting the Rise of Travellers who are Autistic (Autistic Travellers)  

• Autistic on Wheels (Autistic wheelchair user)  

• The Occuplaytional Therapist 

• Mona Delahooke  

• Gentle Parenting 

• Greg Santucci, Occupational Therapist 

• AUsome Training  

• Konfident Kidz  

Facebook Groups  

• AAC Users and Allies Ireland (Irish non-speaking & AAC support and info)  

• Ask Me I’m an AAC User (nonspeaking information, guidance and support)  

• Autism Inclusivity (huge group of experts and a big library of resources) 

  

Section 5: Selected Research 

• Neurotypical peers less willing to interact with Autistic peers https://www.nature.com/articles/srep40700  

• Evidence of increased PTSD symptoms in autistics exposed to ABA https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/AIA-08-2017-0016/full/html  

• On the ontological status of autism: the ‘double empathy problem’ https://kar.kent.ac.uk/62639/  

• Autistic peer-to-peer information transfer is highly effective https://www.pure.ed.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/149282333/1362361320919286.pdf  

• Understanding camouflaging as a response to autism-related stigma https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10803-021-04987-w 

  

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